Category Archives: Cognitive Impairment

Living Life Purposefully Might Ward Off Alzheimer’s

March 12, 2010 – 7:13 pm

A new study published in this month’s issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry uncovers that people who say their lives have a purpose are less likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease or its precursor, mild cognitive impairment.
The study was designed to test whether a positive attitude and purposeful life has a positive effect on decreasing [...]

By Michael Rucker | Also posted in Alzheimers, Brain Research, Seniors, mild cognitive impairment | Tagged , , , , | Comments (3)

Progressing from MCI to Alzheimer’s Disease

February 5, 2010 – 2:13 pm

It’s long been known by the medical and scientific community that not all people with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) will go on to develop Alzheimer’s Disease. We do know, however, that MCI is typically a precursor to all Alzheimer’s Disease cases.  For patients with MCI, predicting their likelihood of developing Alzheimer’s Disease can be a [...]

By Sandrine Belier Ph.D. | Also posted in Alzheimers, Brain Research, mild cognitive impairment | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)

Depression and Your Memory

October 12, 2009 – 7:44 pm

Common mental conditions like depression affect our cognitive abilities, most notably working memory and attention, and can contribute to the difficulty of coping and being effective in our every day jobs and life. Depressed individuals must engage more brainpower to achieve the same results as someone without depression. This places heavy demands on the brain’s [...]

By Dr. Bernard Croisile | Also posted in memory loss | Tagged , | Comments (0)

World Alzheimer’s Day is Today, Sep 21

September 21, 2009 – 1:17 pm

Today – World Alzheimer’s Day, September 21, is a day when the Alzheimer’s Association and other organizations around the globe unite  efforts to raise awareness about the disease and its impact on our families, communities and nations. World Alzheimer’s Day was first launched on September 21, 1994 by ADI.  The fact that 35M people today [...]

By Laura Fay | Also posted in Alzheimers, Brain Fitness Websites, Brain health, Health & Wellness, dementia, memory loss | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (0)

Better tools for Cognitive Remediation Programs

June 19, 2009 – 2:54 pm

The 5th annual Games for Health Conference was held in Boston.  It was co-sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, from whom HAPPYneuron was a proud award recipient last year. I presented about enabling better tools for professionally guided Cognitive Remediation programs. The slides can be found here…..

By Laura Fay | Also posted in Brain Decline, Health & Wellness, Mental Health, cognitive remediation, mild cognitive impairment, plasticity | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)